I just write about whatever moves me or doesn't. This is a blog filled with my random thoughts. I apologize for not keeping this blog as updated as I would like. If you want to keep up with me (almost) daily check out my health/fitness blog: gofitgirl.com.

Wednesday, April 22, 2009

Doing my part to honor Earth Day

I will only drink soda, wine and beer today to preserve water. HA!Today I washed my face with cold water. I didn't wait for the water to heat up. Usually I do--because ice cold water on the face first thing in the morning really sucks. But it has been warm lately so the water was manageable.We recently had our toilet fixed so it is no longer running unnecessarily. So I think we are doing a better job of saving water. I don't run the water while taking my medicine in the morning. A while back I bought Dixie cups. It would be even less wasteful if I used a cup I can rewash--but c'mon!Our landlord recently had something planted in the front and asked for me to set the sprinklers. So I set it to water three times a week and at night. She was having it run in the morning--which was bad for two reasons, it evaporates quicker during the day and it woke me up way too early in the morning when it would turn on.One of my (many) work pet peeves is that each kitchen has garbage and recycling ... People are so lazy and just don't care that they throw trash in the most obvious blue recycle bin and throw stuff that should be recycled in the trash. Irritates me to no end!Curt and I have recycled for years. Even when we lived in a townhome community in Mesa that didn't offer recycling. We bought our own bins, filled them up and drove them to a recycling center to drop our stuff off. In Berkeley you had to separate everything out, which was a pain (had to do that in Oregon, too). But in Oakland we just dump it all in one giant honker bin. It's great.

Today is also Admin Day. So make sure you thank and appreciate your admins today.

About Me

Curt and I moved to Berkeley in Feb./March 2005. Now we are in Oakland--living in a cool neighborhood called Rockridge. He is still enjoying his job at Macworld. And I really like working for Onyx Pharmaceuticals. Being part of a company that is trying to find ways to treat cancer is a great feeling. Plus it is just a great company to work for. I feel very lucky to work for a great company, which is doing great things.